Evelyn Harper, eight months pregnant, slowly headed towards the guest room on the second floor. The door was ajar, and a playful voice could be heard from within.
"Mark, won't Evelyn be heartbroken if you announce in a few days that it's me you're marrying, rather than her ? I can't help but feel we're betraying her. But I don't regret it."
"Lilian, we are truly in love. As for Evelyn... I will compensate her."
"Mark, I love you..." Lilian wrapped her arms around the man's neck after speaking. She leaned in, her lips meeting his.
Hearing this, Evelyn's body stiffened, her legs heavy as if they were filled with lead, unable to move.
She pushed the door open forcefully.
She saw Lilian Harper, her sister half-dressed, sitting on the man's lap, his hand on her chest. They were kissing deeply, a sight that made one's stomach turn.
The scene in front of her ignited Evelyn's fury. Her eyes filled with bloodshot veins, she demanded, "What on earth are you doing?"
Mark Ascor heard the voice, stiffened a little, and then let go of the Harper woman in his arms.
Lilian muttered dissatisfiedly, then slowly got up, calmly pulling up the clothes that had slipped off her shoulder. "Sister, Mark and I truly love each other. I hope you can let us be."
Evelyn mocked, "Lilian, ask yourself how have I treated you over these years? When my mother brought you home, you were a skinny beggar, hardly looking like a human! If it wasn't for my family adopting you and treating you like their own daughter, could you possibly be the refined young lady you are now? And now you seduce my fiancé! Is your conscience dead?"
"I've wronged you... Evelyn. As long as you give me Mark, I won't mind if you beat me, scold me, or even take my life!" Lilian spoke in a tone filled with weakness, tears filled her eyes, looking pitiful.
"Humph," Evelyn sneered. If all this happened in the past, she might have been deceived by this woman who was good at pretending, but not anymore!
Evelyn, seething with anger, pointed at the door, stuttered, "Get out! You're not welcome here!"
"Enough, Evelyn!" Mark, who saw Lilian humbling herself for him, felt a pang of guilt. He stepped in front of her and reprimanded.
Evelyn was stunned, it took a moment for her to regain her senses, clenching her fingers she said, "You're yelling at me for her sake?"
"I've let you down, but how could you talk about Lilian like that? After all, she is your sister. I initially thought you were a kind-hearted girl, but it seems I was mistaken. The fact that you're pregnant with another man's child proves that you're not as pure as you appear."
Evelyn stared at the man in disbelief, "Mark Ascor, what do you mean? The child I'm carrying is yours!"
Mark shook his head, full of disappointment, "Even at this point, you're still pretending?"
"Speak clearly! You can slander me for Lilian? You're the ones betraying me!"
All Mark coldly said was, "The night of your birthday last year, I couldn't make it to the hotel because of other commitments. Who you spent the night with, you should be well aware. We've reached this point, tomorrow I will discuss with Uncle James about cancelling our engagement."
Evelyn felt her legs weaken. Surely this must be some cruel illusion. How could the child in her stomach possibly belong to someone else?
She didn't believe it, muttered incredulously, "How...how is this possible?"
Lilian nudged Mark and whispered, "Mark, Evelyn is emotionally unstable right now. You should leave, I will chat with her alone. I don't want her to get upset, alright?"
Mark glanced at Evelyn's pale face, nodded, and swiftly walked out.
Once Mark left, Lilian's previous submission fell away. She tossed out casually sarcastic remarks, "Evelyn, do you want to know why Mark didn't meet you on your birthday night? Because he was with me. As for you, you'd had some drugged orange juice and slept with a beggar I found, on the same bed! You're disgustingly dirty!"
"You're lying!" Evelyn didn't believe it, her face pale as a sheet.
"Evelyn, stop deceiving yourself! Otherwise, why you think Mark doesn't want you? Also, let me tell you something else, I'm not an orphan, I am my father's biological daughter! My mother was the maid at home, and your mother didn't die from illness, I personally pulled off her oxygen mask and she suffocated!"
"That's right, dad is currently discussing with my mother about my marriage to Mark. Once we are married, they also want to get married. As for you, a cast-off, you still have the face to stay in my house? Just die already—"
After uttering these vicious words, Lilian gave her a hard shove, then sent a kick to Evelyn's stomach.
Evelyn instinctively protects her belly with her hand, but the opponent was too physically superior, and she still gets knocked down, falling heavily to the ground.
Hot blood from between her legs flows out profusely, while waves of pain from her belly radiate out...
She heard a 'Bang', like the sound of porcelain shattering, followed by Lilian's piercing scream and sounds of doors being thrust open.
"Ahh--- Don't kill me--- Sister, please don't kill me---"
"Mark, my sister claimed that I seduced you and wants to kill me. She used too much force and couldn't stay upright, causing her own fall."
"Father, call an ambulance quickly, Sister's bleeding..."
Right after, Evelyn felt a burning sting on her cheek from a heavy slap, and heard her father's cold and angry voice, "Scandalous! Not only do you shamelessly bear the child of some unknown man, you even dare to attempt killing your sister! You are not worthy of being my daughter! From now on, you are no longer the daughter of the Harper Harper family!"
Evelyn felt her heart aching as if being twisted, her fiancé betrayed her, her own father didn't even trust her...
Tears flowed down her eyes, hatred and pain filled her entire mind, her head felt as if it was going to explode, she couldn't bear it anymore, and fainted due to physical and mental exhaustion.